Residents march to parliament to insist they be given the title deeds to their homes and that the government reactivate a project to replace the roofs
Suspended ANC secretary general says delays are aimed at stopping him from standing in December
The three, along with co-accused Ace Magashule, recently applied to the high court to have charges stemming from the scandal set aside but were unsuccessful
The state committed two irregularities when it charged suspended ANC secretary-general with corruption relating to the Free State asbestos scandal, lawyer told high court
The former secretary general was cast out of the ruling party in May last year after he refused to step aside, as per the ANC’s rules over corruption, fraud and money laundering charges.
Three more people have been arrested, bringing the total of accused to 15, who will appear in the Mangaung magistrate’s court today
Businessman Edwin Sodi and senior civil servants are among those arrested over the R200-million theft of state funds
In the Northern Cape, former mineworkers and their families live with lung-destroying diseases and barely survive financially.
Delays in the department of labour added to dying pensioner’s distress.
A ministry is caring for Swazi Aids orphans in the abandoned mining town of Bulembu in northern Swaziland, despite health warnings.